Health care dominated the lobbying agendas of Alberta’s influencers this year after the provincial government promised to dismantle and decentralize the public health system. 

Alberta Health was the target of 135 new lobbying registrations this year, more than any other provincial ministry. Questions about the promised system restructuring have prompted associations of ​​nurses, doctors and other health care workers to lobby the government as their members worry about job security, modernization of health care and the threat of privatization.